page_title: Alfred Henry Jacobs
hierarchical_section_title: Alfred Henry Jacobs
caption_attribution_description: National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California. Lobby of the Serrano Hotel (formerly the Hotel Californian), 405 Taylor St, San Francisco, California, USA. Camera location37°&#160;47′&#160;10.74″&#160;N, 122°&#160;24′&#160;41.53″&#160;W&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Alfred Henry Jacobs was an American architect. He designed theaters, hotels, and religious buildings. Three of the buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of California, Berkeley has a collection of his papers, drawings, and photographs.
  His father Julius Jacobs was born in Prussia in 1840 and immigrated to California in 1853. In 1898 he was appointed Assistant U.S. Treasurer, in charge of the Sub-Treasury in San Francisco.
  Alfred Henry Jacobs was born in San Francisco in 1882 to Julius and Sarah Adler Jacobs. He graduated from the California School of Mechanical Arts. He studied at University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a B.S. degree in architecture in 1904 and an M.S. degree in architecture in 1905. He did further studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris.
  Back in San Francisco by 1907, he partnered with Walter Ratcliff and helped design the Berkeley Tennis Club. In 1909, he joined San Francisco's Fidelity Lodge, Number 120, Free and Accepted Masons of California and established his own firm.
  He married Lillian Wollenberg in 1908.
context_section_description: Alfred Henry Jacobs (1882 – December 14, 1954) was an American architect. He designed theaters, hotels, and religious buildings. Three of the buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of California, Berkeley has a collection of his papers, drawings, and photographs.
  His father Julius Jacobs was born in Prussia in 1840 and immigrated to California in 1853. In 1898 he was appointed Assistant U.S. Treasurer, in charge of the Sub-Treasury in San Francisco.
  Alfred Henry Jacobs was born in San Francisco in 1882 to Julius and Sarah Adler Jacobs. He graduated from the California School of Mechanical Arts (now Lick-Wilmerding High School). He studied at University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a B.S. degree in architecture in 1904 and an M.S. degree in architecture in 1905. He did further studies at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris.
  Back in San Francisco by 1907, he partnered with Walter Ratcliff and helped design the Berkeley Tennis Club (1908). In 1909, he joined San Francisco's Fidelity Lodge, Number 120, Free and Accepted Masons of California and established his own firm.
  He married Lillian Wollenberg in 1908.
  Jacobs gained emeritus membership status with the American Institute of Architects. He was Jewish. He died on December 14, 1954.
caption: Hotel Californian entry
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